Brendon Hartley set the pace at Paul Ricard on Saturday as Porsche closed out the FIA World Endurance Championship pre-season Prologue at the top of the timesheets.
Hartley's fastest time of 1:37.445 on Saturday was good enough to give him P1 on the overall timesheets for the two-day test, edging out teammate Neel Jani by less than half-a-tenth of a second.
Picking up where it left off in 2015 when it won both LMP1 championships, Porsche locked out the top three positions in the final standings ahead of the season opener at Silverstone.
Toyota continued to impress as it did on Friday as Stephane Sarrazin finished as the best of the rest, slotting into fourth on the timesheets, eight-tenths of a second behind Hartley.
Teammate Kamui Kobayashi's first public LMP1 test saw him finish fifth-fastest, although his running on Saturday was limited after being told to stop the TS050 Hybrid car as a precaution.
After repairing the R18 car overnight due to suspension damage, Audi returned to the track on Saturday but was unable to get close to either Porsche or Toyota, with Benoit Treluyer eventually finishing 1.4 seconds down in P8 overall.
In LMP2, Signatech Alpine enjoyed a strong Saturday of running to rise to P1 in the overall timings. Gustavo Menezes' lap was just 0.002 seconds quicker than that of Strakka's Jonny Kane, who was forced to settle for P2.
AF Corse continued its impressive start to life with the new Ferrari 488 GTE as Gianmaria Bruni and James Calado led a 1-2-3 for the Italian marque in the final classification. Ford Chip Ganassi Racing followed seven-tenths of a second off P1, enjoying a solid first official WEC test run with the new GT car, while GTE Am was topped by Larbre Competition courtesy of Paolo Ruberti.
The WEC season kicks off with the 6 Hours of Silverstone on April 17.
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